On Aug 2, 2006, at 9:27 AM, Dominic Burford wrote:
To be quite honest, I don't really care what these rogue elements
did in
the *past* (who were *not* supported by PETA, and were perpetuated by
copycats)
That's a convenient claim, but since you've so strongly asserted
that PETA is not an organization that uses terrorism to achieve its
goals, and I have provided evidence that they did in fact target
children with "Buckets of Blood" and "Unhappy Meals" with images of
blood-spattered clowns. I've asked for a link in which a PETA
official denounced these tactics, or the tactic of throwing blood on
suspected animal fur wearers, and called for the punishment of those
who carried out such acts. If these people were indeed copycats who
had nothing to do with PETA, then such a link should not be hard to
find.
They start with a *personal* belief (killing animals for any reason:
food, saving human life - is *murder*), and then use that to justify
their actions. After all, their only goal is to prevent murder, so
how could some act that is at best an incovenience or which inflicts
a psychological scar on a child be wrong? They do not allow for the
possibility that others may hold differing POVs; those who do are by
definition murderers and do not need to be considered. They are no
different than the anti-abortion radicals, who likewise start with
their personal definition of murder, and then try to impose that on
everyone else by whatever means necessary.
If you truly want to help advance the improvement of the treatment
of animals, you'd be better off ditching PETA and finding a group
that isn't so self-righteous.
-- Ed Leafe
-- http://leafe.com
-- http://dabodev.com
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